Bihar DM Inayat Khan Adopts Daughters of 2 CRPF Martyrs

Khan will be bearing the cost of the education of the two girls along with other expenses throughout their lives.

Bihar District Magistrate Inayat Khan on Saturday, 16 February, decided to adopt the daughters of two CRPF martyrs from Bihar, who were killed in the Pulwama terror attack on 14 February.

According to IANS, the Bihar cadre IAS officer has announced that she will adopt the girls, one daughter each of martyred CRPF jawans Ratan Kumar Thakur and Sanjay Kumar Sinha.

Inayat Khan, DM Sheikhpura, Bihar: Orders issued to open account to raise funds for families of 2 martyrs (Constable SK Sinha from Patna&RK Thakur from Bhagalpur). Whatever amount will be collected by 10 Mar, will be divided&given to the two families. #PulwamaTerrorAttack (16.02) pic.twitter.com/unFD6G45uZ

— ANI (@ANI) February 18, 2019

She will be bearing the cost of education for the two girls along with other expenses throughout their lives.

Many people on social media appreciated the move taken by Khan.

Opened Bank Account For Donations to Martyrs’ Families

As reported by IANS, Khan has opened a bank account in Sheikhpura for people to donate to the families of the two martyred jawans.

"I have requested all government staff of my district to donate their one day's salary to the families of the two martyrs," she said. She told ANI that whatever amount will be collected till 10 March, will be divided in two and will be given to the two families of the martyrs.

(With inputs from ANI, IANS)